diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index b2a76044..d3c278c0 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2015,15 +2015,15 @@ image_backend() {
 
 get_ascii() {
     if [[ ! -f "$image_source" ||
-          "$image_source" =~ (auto|ascii) ||
-          "$image_source" =~ \.(png|jpg|jpe|jpeg|gif) ]]; then
+          "$image_source" =~ ^(auto|ascii)$ ||
+          "$image_source" =~ \.(png|jpg|jpe|jpeg|gif)$ ]]; then
 
         # Fallback to distro ascii mode if custom ascii isn't found.
-        [[ ! "$image_source" =~ (auto|ascii) ]] && \
+        [[ ! "$image_source" =~ (auto|ascii)$ ]] && \
             err "Ascii: Ascii file not found, using distro ascii."
 
         # Fallback to distro ascii mode if source is an image.
-        [[ "$image_source" =~ \.(png|jpg|jpe|jpeg|gif) ]] && \
+        [[ "$image_source" =~ \.(png|jpg|jpe|jpeg|gif)$ ]] && \
             err "Image: Source is image file but ascii backend was selected. Using distro ascii."
 
         if [[ -d "/usr/share/neofetch/ascii/distro" ]]; then